Thursday, September 25, 2014

Review: Deep Enough to Bleed by Margie Church

Deep
Enough To Bleed by Margie Church is the emotional
journey of Jolene Parks as she learns to find her way in life after the
physical abuse her father puts her and her brother Adam through. Not only does
she have to suffer through the abuse but she has to deal with the fact that her
loving grandmother sacrifices her freedom when she kills her son for the abuse
he has put his children through. And so begins Jolene’s journey into adulthood
and not on a very good note. Eighteen months after or so after she graduates
high school enters the man who will help to change her life. But will Brendan
help her overcome all of her fears and help her to love unconditionally? Will
he be able to help her see that she will not repeat her father’s sins?

Margie Church takes the reader on an emotional
roller coaster that has the reader smiling, laughing, and crying. This story
will bring tears to the eyes in many different sections as she tells the story
of one very emotionally scarred person’s story. Not only does the story have a
great deal of back story to it so that the characters seem to come to life but
Margie Church touches on a rather taboo topic that needs to be talked about
more often and that is the life of a cutter and why the person cuts. Margie
Church sheds light on this topic in an eloquent way without making the topic
scarier than it already is. Kudos to you Margie this is a topic near and dear
to this reviewer’s heart.

All in all the story is very well written and keeps
the reader’s attention with a couple of different storylines going on that tie
back into Jolene’s story. Though the story does not end with a totally happy
ending the ending does the story well but if you want to know how it ends you
will have to read it to find out. So once again kudos to Margie Church for a
very well written story and thank you for sharing your talents with us. This
story receives an astounding five out of five! And a special note for the
content on the cutting thank
you Margie for sharing this very important story with us.

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